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Trump To Try Hand At Beauty Pageants

October 24, 1996|By Tribune News Services.

NEW YORK — Donald Trump is going into the beauty queen business. Trump announced Wednesday he has acquired the Miss Universe, Miss USA and Miss Teen beauty pageants from ITT. "It's a done deal," the real estate mogul said. "It's a very, very great entertainment format. . . . It's doing very well and we'll make it even better." Trump wouldn't say how much he paid, but the New York Post said that the deal was worth tens of millions of dollars.